>I'm sure Ikazuchi will be thrilled that there are a whole class of >space cruisers named after her. (Assuming that the Ikazuchi-class is >still in use. I believe the Sterling sisters were using one, when last >I looked.)

Oh, sure. No longer in production, but there are quite a number of them still in service with the WDF, the Royal Salusian Navy, and others. Ash Williams's current command, the Shanxi, is also an Ikazuchi-class ship.

Ikazuchi-chan could theoretically upgrade, she'd only have to obtain a detailed scan of one. And 1.4 megatons of nanomaterial.